SilveR5

Thanks Jack. I appreciate your help, but these are very little comments and sporadic.. There are plenty of stuff other than Bates method, pinhole glasses, and iPhone app! There are lots and lots of techniques and therapy initiatives from various parts of the world. & trust me, there are so many others are entering the list everyday!

Some people might have tried something that worked well, other methods might have not proven any improvement.. I guess lots of people would be interested to know about these. I hope this thread remains dedicated to serve this purpose and see if it could help somebody ... or at least save his/her time searching around!

JWLBOYCE

Generally everyone is correctable to the required standards - there are people who have -25 eyesight corrected to 6/6, so it wouldn't be something I would get too concerned about.

Usually errors of refraction stop getting worse when people stop growing, at around the age of 21, but there are cases (not sure how common it is) of "Pathological Myopia" which means that the eye doesn't stop growing, hence making the error of refraction worse.

I shouldn't worry about that though.

SilveR5

terrican

Please Check your PM.

Thanks

Bobbyfly

Hi there,

I recently went to a class 1 medical at Gatwick and was refused a Class 1 on the grounds of 'excess exophoria'. The value of my exophoria was 16. I was absolutely gutted to receive the news as I was due to start ATPL training this month and had no idea of the problem. I was wondering if anyone on here has been refused a class 1 due to exophoria and if anybody has had surgery to correct it? I am currently getting a second opinion from the NHS and am looking at surgical options.

Thanks,

Bobby

David Horn

Hi Bobbyfly - the problem with heterophoria (eso or exo) is that when tired there's a possibility of losing fusion, leading to double vision.

I have no idea whether it's correctable through surgery, which is usually only done on adults for cosmetic reasons (and hence pointless for a phoria).

Your best bet at this point is to try to gain an appointment with a consultant ophthalmologist (your GP can set it up though there's a waiting list, obviously) and get a professional opinion over whether it can be corrected. You then need to send that off to the CAA and await their response.

Good luck!

Vortex5

Hello chaps and chapettes,

I'm wanting to join the Fleet Air Arm after uni and had my medical for the RNR the other day. The RN Doctor said that I was all fit and fine for aircrew however the one thing that was letting me down was my left eye. ( R -0.75 L-1.00 ) the standards are both eyes have to be the maximum -0.75. The doc said cause it was off by a 'whisker' and then showed me the opticians documents where I was ticked for VA1 but then changed to VA2 saying that the opticians must of changed his mind to rightfully put me in VA2, but shows just how close I was to passing as VA1 for aircrew. The doctor said to me after uni if I were to join up they'd probably give me another eye test and recommended I started to wear my glasses ( as I never wear them ) and to drink lots of water to try and hydrate my eyes. I was wondering, would this even work?

regards
V5

Jerry Lee

Is it in this month that we will have some news from EASA about new regulations entering into force by april 2012?

Any news?

Scoobster

Folks,

I have a bit of a problem in relation to the Visual Field in one eye. I posted the problem a few years back in this forum after having the door slammed shut by the CAA telling me that they doubt I will meet the requirements for the Class 1 Medical.

I thought I could live a normal existence without trying to become a pilot and decided to 'bury' the flying dream for good and work in my normal office day job for the rest of my life and live a normal existence and fear also gripped me as to how successful I would be if at all in the long and ardous journey of getting to the Flight Deck. The problem is no matter how hard I have tried I just cant get it out of my head and have to make some attempt at reaching the goal before its too late

The yearning is still there day after day when I sit as a PAX for business travel and thinking 'if only' and the urge keeps coming back and I recently flew QR from London to Doha - which prompted me to kick myself up the backside and make an attempt at this - starting with the PPL at least.

I want to bounce some ideas regarding alternative licensing solutions and the likely hood of success in say GCC/Middle East or maybe go FAA, Transport Canada and target the Middle Eastern carriers as I will still be battling with the UK CAA.

I have a Visual Field Defect - this pretty much rules out the UK CAA as I am 'on file' but have never actually gone for the JAA Class 1 due to being 'on file'.

The plan is:

To start my PPL next month at Stapleford but I will have to get my Class 2 revalidated before I fly Solo as it was 'suspended by the CAA' and my file will be resurrected once again thus preventing the Class 1.

Are there any alternative solutions for medical licensing?

I don't know how this will work out - but the initial plan is of obtaining a JAA Class 1 - hoping over to the states for a PPL Medical Flight Test lifting the restriction on the Class 1 or to Canada to pursue the CPL/IR, hours build etc and then try and target the Middle East Airlines or take up the battle with the CAA again to grant me a JAA Class 1?

Is this a bad idea? No guarantees of success I am aware of this. The route would be modular as I suspect the likes of Cabair would say dont pursue integrated unless you are already in possession of a Class 1.

Just want to bounce some ideas of the experienced PRUNERS who have managed to work around some medical issues and now fly successfully..

Thank You.

Jerry Lee

Requirements for a Class 1 medical certificate are going to change and become more similar to the american ones by April 2012 if nothing has changed.

We should have some up to date from EASA this month, and I hope requirements will change and become less strict become I too have issues in the visual field.

Anyway, you should be able to get a Class 1 medical certificate if you are a holder of a CPL FAA or ICAO.

I've heard a lot of stories about this way to get a class 1 medical certificate in Europe and it works!

terrain safe

Quick question to the wise people who inhabit this Fora. I keep getting visual disturbances such as one gets with a migraine. A headache however doesn't seem to follow these disturbances as I take a couple of tablets ASAP. The cause seems to be if I get dazzled by a light or the sun, you know the type of dazzling which leaves the retina burned with an image for a couple of minutes. The disturbances come about 10 minutes later.

Now should I just live with it as it'll pass or should I see a doctor and let them tell me to live with it?

Scoobster

Folks,

Any more replies to this?

Any advice appreciated.

warrior28a

Just a question for everyone

I currently hold a GCAA Class 1 medical. I want to convert it into a JAA medical in a few months. MY eye power is not great. Will i face problems in my JAA medicals or are the requirements for GCAA Class 1 medical the same as JAA class 1 medical?

Also how sure are u guys that EASA are changing the requirements in the next few months?

I got some info from the link below

http://easa.europa.eu/rulemaking/doc...202008-17c.pdf

turn to page 15. Are these the new limits that are required for flying?! There is no 2 dioptres requirements or what ever now?

worldrover

Any of you guys that already fly there knows if LASIK is still a No No for a Chinese CAA Class 1?

I know it used to be, but heard they were aligning with JAA/FAA medical standards.

Thanks in advance

200KIAS

Looks like the new EASA regulations have been published on the CAA website, under Medical, What's new, 25th Nov 2011.

I had a quick read through part Med and I can't see any diopter limit for initial class one at all. Also looks like no pre op limit for corrective surgery.

Maybe I've made a mistake so have a read yourselves.

What's New | Medical | Safety Regulation

alex230380

...I was wandering when somebody here in pprune would notice this Europan Commission act. I red carefully the whole document and they don't specify any pre-operatory limit. They only mention "satisfactory ophthalmic evaluation".
Being 1 dioptry out of the pre-operatory limit, and having only a long term deviation Class 1 medical (CAA UK) I would open a Champagne bottle BUT I'd better to wait if they publish something explaining what's a "satisfactory ophthalmic evaluation".
I really hope it will be as it looks like.
Best wishes!

BabyBear

I have my class 2 arranged for next week and coincidentally went for an eye test this week. The optician suggested I required to have a full eye test, including colour vision test, done and the appropriate MED162 completed for submission to the CAA with my medical.

Is it now a requirement to have a full eye test done every year as part of the medical?

fra0015

EASA has published the AMC/GM Part-MED

Neon123678

Thanks for that document fra0015,after reading it ,there seems to be no mention of astigmatism requirement in the visual requirement section, im praying they have removed it because I failed my initial class 1 with the IAA, a few months ago due to an astigmatism in my left eye of 2.5D. Am I maybe right?, or have I overlooked something?

ryanp16

Is this EASA thing replacing the JAR/CAA medical or what's the story?


Also, when it says:
Applicants with diplopia shall be assessed as unfit.

Spectacles and contact lenses. If satisfactory visual function is achieved only with the use of correction [...]


What happens if the diplopia is removed by the use of prism contact lenses? Are you then valid?

chris2309

This new document that has been released seems to contradict the one released in December, because as 200KIAS mentions, there was originally no dioptre limit and you could be assessed as fit providing you could obtain 6/6 vision either corrected or uncorrected, but this new document has the original JAA limits of -6 and +5.

The new document does however state that someone outside the limits can be assessed fit by the licensing authority so I hope this means that our CAA can examine you on a case by case basis and assess you as fit. I hope I have understood this correctly and that this is in fact the case because my eyesight is -7.5 and I was issued with a deviation in July 2010 with the understanding it would be removed once I had my CPL.

The CAA just keep asking me to look at EASA’s website and won’t answer my questions surrounding this issue– I’m just hoping these new regulations don’t render me unfit